November 16, 2022
A California federal judge who this year nullified a number of steps the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act opted Wednesday to leave those policies in place, following their revival, at least until the federal government decides whether it will revise them.
August 15, 2022
Federal regulators have asked a California federal judge to let them revise several measures that the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, arguing that the court should not have repealed those policies when it remanded them to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month.
August 08, 2022
The federal government, multiple states and a slew of conservation groups are urging a California federal judge not to pause his order vacating Trump-era Endangered Species Act regulations, arguing an appeal of the decision is not likely to succeed.
July 29, 2022
Environmental and animal rights groups have asked a California federal judge to change his earlier order vacating Trump-era Endangered Species Act regulations so he rules on the merits, a step they say is necessary in light of an April U.S. Supreme Court decision.
July 22, 2022
More than a dozen conservative states, as well as groups representing the farming and fossil-fuel industries, want the Ninth Circuit to reinstate several measures the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after a federal judge voided them earlier this month.
July 06, 2022
A California federal court overturned on Tuesday several steps that the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after the government last year cited "substantial concerns" with those measures and said it intended either to revise or rescind them.
December 10, 2021
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Friday asked a California federal judge to remand three controversial Endangered Species Act rules promulgated by the Trump administration.
August 16, 2021
The federal government has asked a California judge to stay litigation filed by environmental groups and a coalition of states challenging the Trump administration's Endangered Species Act rollbacks, saying Friday that it needs time to reconsider the policies.
May 18, 2020
A California federal judge on Monday tossed two lawsuits filed by environmentalists and animal rights activists alleging the federal government's recent Endangered Species Act rollbacks failed to analyze the harm that could result from the changes — but a similar case brought by states survived.
January 08, 2020
A host of states and conservation groups challenging the Trump administration's recent rollback of Endangered Species Act protections have fought to keep their lawsuits alive, telling a California federal court that the government is wrong to think they lack standing.